Alliance residents arrested after police respond to drug dispute

By Stephanie UjhelyiThe Review Published: March 9, 2013 3:00 AM

Less than a year after getting out of prison, an Alliance man is in trouble again for drug trafficking.

Police arrested David Wise, 39, of 648 S. Seneca Ave., at 1:19 p.m. Thursday on a charge of trafficking in drugs, a fifth-degree felony, after responding to a disturbance at his residence.

According to city police, officers were dispatched to Wise's home after Julie A. Nelson allegedly went there to deliver marijuana and to pick up pills from him and the two become involved in a dispute, resulting in police being called.

Nelson, 45, of 11892 Sioux Ave. N.E., was charged with trafficking in marijuana and illegal use of food stamps, both fifth-degree felonies.

During a search, officers recovered another woman's Ohio Direction food stamp card in Nelson's purse, which she said she had purchased from the woman.

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Wise was still on probation for a 2011 marijuana trafficking charge, according to a search of the Stark County online case docket. He also has past convictions in 2008 for felony intimidation of a witness and burglary as well as in 2005 for escape, felony endangering children and failure to comply with a police order.

Both were arraigned Friday in Alliance Municipal Court, where they will return at 11:30 a.m. March 20 for their preliminary hearings with court-appointed attorneys.

If convicted, Wise faces up to one year in prison and $2,500 in fines plus imposition of any unserved prison time stemming from previous cases. Nelson may serve up to two years in prison and have to pay up to $5,000 in fines.